Acontias gracilicauda
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| Acontias gracilicauda | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Acontias |
| Species: | A. gracilicauda |
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| Acontias gracilicauda Essex, 1925[2] | |
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| Approximate range of Acontias gracilicauda. The disjunct, western component is now considered a distinct species, Acontias namaquensis. | |
Acontias gracilicauda, the slendertail lance skink or thin-tailed legless skink, is a species of skink.[1][2] It is found in the Republic of South Africa (Eastern Cape Province, Mpumalanga, Free State, North-West Province, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal) and Lesotho.[1] Acontias namaquensis was formerly included in this species as a subspecies, but is now recognized as a distinct species.[1][2]
